Us, Indonesian, by nature are freebies lovers – and pirated goods lovers too. Of course that applies only to some of us, but compared to other countries with higher GDP it is understandable why not many software are bought legally no matter how affordable the offers are. Even so, Distimo‘s publication on iPhone apps market in Asia, including Indonesia, shows surprising result. Indonesian users are considered to be the largest numbers who buy apps on iPhone.

According to Distimo’s publication, out of 300 the most popular applications in each country which significantly has a very large number of downloads, there are 5.18% paid application in Indonesia market. The conversion is among 300 popular apps – where mostly are free apps- there are 15 paid apps listed. The average price is US$1.84, higher than most application bought in USA, US$1.48. 5.18% is the third highest number in Asia, under Japan and Sri Lanka. Even more shocking, that number is much higher than Singapore (3.24%) and Malaysia (2.53%).

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